The launch of Gemini V, including astronaut suit-up and arrival at the pad and entering the capsule. There are also views of personal watching the launch, including Gordon Cooper's wife Trudy. The launch itself is mostly covered by a distant take, switching then to a simulation. Audio is from NASA mission audio, with the Titan rocket launch sound added.

Research, editing, color correction and cleanup by RetroSpace HD.

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The launch went perfectly except for a few seconds of Pogo oscillation (axial vibration of the rocket). This was measured at +0.38 g (3.7 m/s2) during first stage flight, exceeding the permitted +0.25 g (2.5 m/s2) for a total of about 13 seconds. Conrad and Cooper found their vision and speech momentarily impaired by the strong vibrations. The cause was traced to improper gas levels in an oxidizer standpipe, and severe oscillations did not affect any subsequent Gemini flights. The initial orbit was 101 × 216 miles (163 × 349 kilometers).

Gemini V crew was Command Pilot L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. (second and last spaceflight) and Pilot Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. (first spaceflight)



Gemini 5 doubled the U.S space-flight record of the Gemini 4 mission to eight days, the length of time it would take to fly to the Moon, land and return. This was possible due to new fuel cells that generated enough electricity to power longer missions, a pivotal innovation for future Apollo flights, instead of the chemical batteries used on previous crewed spacecraft. Cooper and Conrad were to have made a practice space rendezvous with a "pod" deployed from the spacecraft, but problems with the electrical supply forced a switch to a simpler "phantom rendezvous," whereby the Gemini craft maneuvered to a predetermined position in space. Command Pilot and Mercury veteran Gordon Cooper was the first person to fly two Earth orbital missions. He and Conrad took high-resolution photographs for the United States Department of Defense, but problems with the fuel cells and maneuvering system forced the cancellation of several other experiments. The astronauts found themselves marking time in orbit, and Conrad later lamented that he had not brought along a book. On-board medical tests, however, continued to show the feasibility of longer flights.

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